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Twinray - The Train You're on (2010)

January 30, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Twinray has produced a cloud-parting blast of pop-rock buoyancy with The Train You're On, recorded with producer/engineer Sean O'Keefe (Plain White T's, Fallout Boy, Hawthorn Heights). Their endless enthusiasm informs both the subject matter, and the merry experimentation that propels the Chicago-based band's genre-bending sound. “Do You Wanna Go," a crisp rocker that ...

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Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Hometown Blues (Mainstream, 1993)

January 30, 2011

Harmonica player Sonny Terry and guitarist Brownie McGhee formed one of the most enduring partnerships in the blues, lasting from before the second world war into the 1970's. Although their partnership had some ups and downs, they were certainly on an upswing when they recorded these sides for the Sittin' In With label during the years ...

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50 Years with Jazzclarinet: The Best of Lajos Dudas

January 30, 2011

The clarinet is one of the most important instruments in the foundation of jazz, from its early progenitors Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard, Johnny Dodds, Edmond Hall and George Lewis to such later famed instrumentalists as Ted Lewis, Don Murray, Pee Wee Russell, Peanuts Hucko, Artie Shaw and, of course, Benny Goodman. But you'd never know it ...

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Pat Metheny Group (ECM 1114)

January 30, 2011

Pat Metheny Group Pat Metheny 6- and 12-string guitars Lyle Mays piano, oberheim synthesizer, autoharp Mark Egan bass Dan Gottlieb drums Recorded January 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Produced by Manfred Eicher There's no mistaking a Pat Metheny album, and ...

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Ritual (ECM 1112)

January 30, 2011

Keith Jarrett Ritual Dennis Russell Davies piano Recorded June 1977 at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Engineer: Martin Wieland Produced by Manfred Eicher Ritual is something of an anomaly in the Keith Jarrett archive. It's a solo album, as many of his best are, only this time it is pianist, ...

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Emerald Tears (ECM 1109)

January 30, 2011

Dave Holland Emerald Tears Dave Holland double bass Recorded August 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Produced by Manfred Eicher The upright bass is, of course, a fixture of many jazz ensembles, in which it often “solos" but only over or surrounded by other instruments. ...

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Times Square (ECM 1111)

January 30, 2011

Gary Burton Times Square Gary Burton vibes Steve Swallow bass guitar Roy Haynes drums Tiger Okoshi trumpet Recorded January 1978 at Generation Sound Studio, New York Engineer: Martin Wieland Produced by Manfred Eicher Of vibraphonist Gary Burton's roving quartets of the seventies, ...

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Waves (ECM 1110)

January 30, 2011

Terje Rypdal Waves Terje Rypdal electric guitar, keyboard, synthesizer Palle Mikkelborg trumpet, fluegelhorn, RMI, tac piano, ring modulator Sveinung Hovensjø basses Jon Christensen drums, percussion Recorded September 1977 at Talent Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Produced by Manfred Eicher One is ...

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Take Five With Omar Tamez

by AAJ Staff
January 29, 2011

Meet Omar Tamez:He studied music with master in composition. He studied with the composer and teacher Nicandro Tamez. Skillful courses of composition and/or conferences with André Richard, Daniel Catán, Mario Lavista, Manuel de Elí¬as, Helmut Lachmann, Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Has made concerts in Mexico, United States, Italy, Instrument(s):Guitars, ...

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Photostory: Steve McQueen

January 29, 2011

After my article on driving the Bullitt car-chase route appeared in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week, photographer Paul Slaughter sent along an email with two fabulous images he had taken of Steve McQueen, the late star of Bullitt. Rather than tell you about the photos, here's Paul to tell you in his own words: “In ...